Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Family Time In Wisconsin

We just completed a wonderful week with family in Wisconsin. Rick and I arrived last Tuesday and parked Lucy close to the cabin our kids/grandkids had rented for the week.

It wasn’t long before our kids showed up and it grew from there The property has a private pond for paddle boating, fishing and swimming. The kids loved it! Pictured below are our 4 grandkids and my sister’s 4 grandkids getting reacquainted. They hadn’t seen each other in 6 years! They got along fabulously all week. We couldn’t have asked for anything better.

The cousins visited the cousins at their home in Wisconsin Rapids one day and the adults took that opportunity to go out to dinner at an adult establishment :) In Wisconsin, that’s a tavern :) I didn’t take many pictures of that excursion but the one I did try to take got photo bombed by my cousin Jane! Haha!

She and her husband and son had stopped by for a quick bite to eat. I convinced them to pose for a real picture after her photo bomb attempt :) We had a great time that night and I had the BEST steak sandwich I’ve ever eaten… at Behind Barr’s in Greenwood, Wisconsin! Seriously awesome!

On Saturday, we had a family reunion at sister Sheila’s house. There were only 3 children in my family, but those 3 had a total of 7 children (not counting 3 awesome step children who were not able to attend) producing 12 grandchildren. They all attended except for the eldest grandson Matt, who had to work. The day was cloudy and rainy but we made the best of it and celebrated in their huge garage most of the day :)

We celebrated 2 birthdays also.

Landon turned 6

and “The Golden Child” turned 62 :)

Both cakes were created by my very talented niece-in-law, Kathy. She is amazing! She taught herself how to do cakes like this on Pinterest!

It was wonderful having everyone together and the event created many photo ops :)

11 comments:

This just looks wonderful. Such terrific memories for everyone. Your daughters are beautiful. So glad nearly everyone could come. I am in awe of those cakes. She taught herself on Pinterest? I hardly even know what that is.

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